En route to Santaruz, our gang of adorable misfits, and Marcus, are attacked by a group of bandits. What do these bandits want, and how quickly can we defeat them?

Marcus' duty for this chapter is to visit the village and stay there. We can't have him stealing any of our valuable experience points. There are a couple of different types of enemies including soldiers, mercenaries and archers, but none of them should pose much of an issue.

On the first two turns, the brigands and mercenaries around the south-eastern fort are easy pickings, lure them in and kill them with whoever you want.

On turn three, Zagan, the boss begins to move. This also coincides with the arrival of two more units for our team. Hector, the third and final Lord we will meet in the game, and his loyal confidant, Oswin, who is a very powerful Knight.

If you leave Hector and Oswin in the spaces on which they appear, Zagan will head to the west. If you move the two of them south slightly, Zagan will head directly south.

The way to defeat the enemies that are too far away from Hector and Oswin is quite simple. You can do one of two things, leave Eliwood or Lowen with an Iron Sword on the fort that is in the south-east and let the rest take care of itself, or you can set up your entire team around the fort and share out the experience points, especially with Rebecca who will possibly get the final hit on a few enemies. The reason for this is that all the enemy units attempt to funnel southwards over the tiny patch of crossable mountain. The enemies essentially chokepoint themselves and only emerge one at a time, making them easy to pick off for your group.

Boss
Zagan
				Terrain: None
Description	A Caelin bandit. Fights for pleasure more than money.
Fighter	Health	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con
Lv.5	25	7	4	4	1	4	2
Weapon Lv	Axe D
Items	Iron Axe
Quotes	Fight: "Curses! What are you waiting for!? Let me show you boys how it's done!"				Defeat: "Oh... aaurr... This... was not... so easy... as it seemed..."
Defeat	He has a lot of Health, but apart from that he has no other strong features. Gang up on him with all your units on the same turn and he'll go down in a flash. Otherwise leave Eliwood or Lowen on the fort in the south-east and they'll take care of him,

Map

Items
Items		Obtain
Secret Book		Visit Village

Armory
Items		Price
Iron Sword		460G
Iron Lance		300G
Iron Axe		270G
Iron Bow		540G

Shop
Items		Price
Vulnerary		300G

New Characters
Hector Lord Description Marquess Ositia's younger brother. Reckless but loyal. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.1 19 7 4 5 3 8 0 13 Growth Rates 90% 60% 45% 35% 30% 50% 25% -- -- Starting Items Wolf Beil, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Axe D Recruitment Appears from the north west on turn 3. Joins automatically.	Oswin Knight Description A knight in service to House Ositia. Hector's sworn man. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.9 28 13 9 5 3 13 3 14 Growth Rates 90% 40% 30% 30% 35% 55% 30% -- -- Starting Items Iron Lance, Javelin Weapon Levels Lance B Recruitment Appears from the north west on turn 3. Joins automatically.